E-newsletter – January 2012

IA Sponsored Funding Opportunities can be accessed from the CIHR Funding Opportunity Database. Details and links for the current funding opportunities can be found below.

IA Awards and Prizes for Students and Trainees can be accessed from the IA Students and Trainees webpage.

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Funding Opportunities Promoting IA Priority Areas

2012 Large-Scale Applied Research Project Competition
Genomics and Personalized Health

Genome Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) are working together to advance the personalized health research agenda. The 2012 Large-Scale Applied Research Project Competition in Genomics and Personalized Health aims to support projects that will demonstrate how genomics-based research can contribute to a more evidence-based approach to health and improving the cost-effectiveness of the health-care system. CIHR Institutes participating in this exciting initiative include: CIHR Institute of Aging, CIHR Institute of Cancer Research, CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health, CIHR Institute of Genetics, CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, CIHR Institute of Infection and Immunity, CIHR Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis, and CIHR Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction.

CIHR's participation in this competition marks the launch of the CIHR Personalized Medicine Signature Initiative and represents the first in a series of funding opportunities to be launched under this initiative.

More information about the competition (including the CIHR Institute of Aging targeted area(s) of interest).

Launch of CIHR Innovation Team Grants in Community-Based Primary Healthcare

CIHR will be launching Innovation Team Grants to fund research that improves the delivery of high-quality, Community-Based Primary Healthcare (CBPHC) across Canada this month.

CIHR is hosting an information webinar for interested applicants to learn more about the CBPHC Innovation Team Grant funding opportunity (e.g., objectives, eligibility, review process, etc.). We invite you to RSVP for the webinar, which will be held on February 9 at 2.30pm EST.

Dr. Robyn Tamblyn, Scientific Director for the Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, and Dr. Nancy Edwards, Scientific Director for the Institute of Population and Public Health, will provide an overview of the Innovation Team Grant funding opportunity and will be available to answer questions from interested applicants. A copy of the presentation along with a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document will available after the presentation.

For further details about the Initiative, please visit the CIHR CBPHC website or contact Erik Landriault

Age+ Prize

The IA Age+ Prize recognizes excellence in research on aging carried out by emerging Canadian scholars and the resulting publications. Awards are for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and residents from all disciplines, conducting research in aging. The award is valued at $1,000.